Rosiak party

Today I went for my tenth consecutive 4th of July Party at Trish's parents. It was a good party, but the turnout was a little smaller this year than any other year for some reason. Although that didn't hamper us in our annual water battle galore, but this year the weather wasn't as warm as in years past and it didn't last as long.

Jackie was scheduled to make it this year, but she ended up not making it. It would have been nice to see her, but I guess I'll have to wait until next year.

Note, this was my 40th post in June, my most active month as a Blogger.

Saturday Morning

I woke up early this morning and hit the rails to trails early and managed to put in about three and a half miles. The section that has been detoured over the last year by the new marina is finally re-opened up where people can walk through. I think the marina and bistro will be a nice addition to Morgantown.

I think that they got everything done for tomorrow morning's triathalon. It will start tomorrow at 7:30 Am and will involve a 1.2 Mile swim in the Mon river, a 56 mile biking portion and will culminate with a 13.1 Mile run. All together the event will cover 70.3 miles and is an actual half-triathlon. I did see a trucks down there with corporate sponsorships, so this is turning into something nice.

The weekend

Yes Monday through Fridayers, it is once again that favorite time of the week again and the dawn of a new weekend. It's Friday again and Morgantown will once again have a few things going on both this weekend and tonight.

Tonight Boparc is playing the movie Flushed Away, if you have nothing else to do and you're looking for a little free entertainment the movie starts at dusk at the ampitheater. Amy and I rented this movie when we were dating, and neither one of us made it through the movie and all of us thought it wasn't very good. However if you need something to do this weekend...

Tomorrow I will be going to the annual Rosiak Family 4th of July cookout that I have been going to since Jackie and I were dating way back in 1998. This will be the tenth year for me attending and I have my monster squirt gun that I bring out one time a year ready to go. There is always a huge water battle every year and it's one of those events where you take a change of clothing.

Sunday there will be a triathalon being run throughout Morgantown. It's being sponsered by Med Express and has been run a few years now. Not sure if Mark Devault is running it this year, but he has in years past.

Have a good weekend.

Dominion Post late today

In case anyone didn't know, the Dominion Post had a major breakdown last night and will hopefully be produced later today. I went out early this morning to grab one and there were none in our machine where I live. So, I got in the Rodeo and started driving up the road when I heard Kevin mention it on WVAQ.

Just for you who need a little news, I'll provide it for you.

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Paris Hilton

An empty can of dog food retrieved from Paris Hilton's garbage can is now on sale on ebay. The current bid is $1,500,501.00. the good news is that you don't have to pay it all at once, you can pay it over a period of three months.



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Catching up with a tidbits

* Running a little behind with the BLOG, so let's just do a tidbits.

* We celebrated Erica's birthday on Sunday, I got quite a few pics, I just haven't put them up on my site yet.

* Moke and Jamie played paintball Saturday, they played in a three man tournament and got a good bit of playing experience.

* We played softball tonight, we lost an embarrassing game but I played one of my best games this season both offensively and defensively. I was stroking the ball nice tonight and was hitting with a lot of confidence.

* The fourth of July fireworks are going to be let off Tuesday night at the waterfront. Hopefully they will be better than last years nightmare.

* Pam has finally entered the world of blogging. She just got hers set up over the past couple of days.

Out with the old

Today I said goodbye to an old friend of two years, my Chevy Cavalier was getting a little old and run down and it was just time to put it to rest.

So, it was out with the old and...



In with the new, or at least new to me. I just bought an Isuzu Rodeo LS 4WD. I was also looking at a Kia Sportage, but it was a 4 cylinder and this is a 3.2-liter dohc 24c V6.

I think I am going to be happy with my choice.

A trip to Kennywood

Yesterday, Mom, Brittany, Danilelle and Mary took a trip to Kennywood Park for the day and enjoy some time in the sun and a few amusement park rides. I would have to say my sole intent and purpose was to try the new version on the old Steel Phantom that they put in a few years ago called Phantom's Revenge. I have ridden a lot of roller coasters in my life, I would have to rank this as the best I've ridden. There were no loops or corkscrews, but it did have sheer speed and slight and quick inclines and declines that literally would have thrown you if you were not strapped in pretty tight. They recommend to remove any loose things on your body such as Cell phones and such, and I would say I have to agree with them. The force that you go over some of those seemingly innocent bumps are very quick and move you around in the coaster.

It was a great trip and I think everyone had a great time on the day. I think the last time that I was at Kennywood with Brittany she was in a stroller, so it has been a few years since the two of us were there together and I think the last time I was there with mom was when dad was alive and we all took a trip to the park for the day. That's been twenty or so years ago.

I was semi-planning on taking Amy and Josie this summer to either Kennywood or Idlewild Park, but things just didn't work out and we never made it. I would love to see the look on Josie's face the first time she makes a trip there, especially when I watched how much she loved going to playgrounds.

I think the only downer for me on the day at Kennywood is I had a little too much funnel cake.

Way to start off a weekend.

I had a good start to the weekend already, even though it is only Friday morning. I was listening to the Eric and Kevin show this morning and they were playing 20 questions for a couple tickets to see Evan Almighty
tonight at 7:00 atCarmike Cinemas. The first clue was "Ann Frank Called me Home" and I started calling. There were a few other clues that came our before I got through, however I already knew that it wasAmsterdam. I won the two tickets...woo hoo.

Yesterday, they gave another set of tickets away for the same movie. Ready for the
irony, Kevinis mythird baseman and yesterdays winner was Dan
Barnes, who is our softball teams leftcenter fielder. The contest was completely legit, we were just the two winners.

Anyways, that is how my weekend has started. BOPARC will be playing the dreamworks movie Over the Hedge tonight at dusk at the Amphitheater on the waterfront. It's free just bring a blanket or a chair and some snacks and enjoy a free movie out under the stars. The weather is supposed to be nice tonight, so it should be a good movie nightand a chance for everyone to see the new water fountain on the river of the Mon.


In other news, the movie A Mighty Heart is being released today. It is the true life story of former Journalist Daniel Pearl who was publically beheaded in Pakistan. One of the main charctors is Asra Q. Nomani who I graduated Morgantown High School with in 1982. Her website.
Hope your weekend starts off as good as mine.

It's Officially Summer

Well, I think it officially starts at like 2:06 today, meaning that today os the longest day of the year when ot concerns daylight. Day's will start to get shorter now until the Winter Solstice kicks in for the shortest day of the year.

Summer and Spring are my favorite times of the year, I love being able to run around wearing shorts and sandals rather than boots and a parka.

Not quite sure what I am getting into this weekend, it's a good possibility I may be going to Kennywood this weekend with my Mom, Mary and Danielle. That's not a definate yet though. Moke has a three man paintball tournament he is playing this Saturday, but I'm not planning on going.

Sunday Val is having Erica Jean's birthday party at her place. This will be her third birthday and I'll be bringing the camera to take a few photos.


The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.--Blaise Pascal

Happy Anniversary Nick and Terri

Happy Anniversary Nick and Terri

They must like me

Just got an e-mail from corporate, I just got another pay raise. It's not as big as the one in April, but it is another $1,000+ a year on my salary.

Happy 144th Birthday West Virginia

Today June 20th, in 1863 West Virginia became it's own state when we were the first and only state in the US to secede from another state when we told Virginia to take a walk and formed our own state.

Happy 144th West Virginia.

Happy Birthday Erica Jean Nicholson

Happy 3rd Birthday Erica Jean

Solved that Problem

Over the past six months or so my battery has been draining and didn't seem to be holding a charge at all. On many occasions I would have to take the battery out of the car and bring it in and charge it, however my battery charger always says the battery was fine and there is no problems with it. It just always appeard to have a slow drain for some reason. It had actually even drained on me twice while I was dating Amy.

I had pulled the terminal off numerous times to check and see if it was the alternator, but everytime I did it no problems appeared to be revealed. Yesterday I noticed that my battery light all of a sudden came on and I once again pulled the terminal, and walla. Bad alternator.

I had bought on with a lifetime warranty last year, and it's a good thing I saved my receipt, because that saved me well over $100 for a new altinator. For some reason altinators are kind of expensive for my car as it was for my Corsica.

I took the old one off, took it to Advance and had them test it. It was a defective part. Got a new free one and placed it on the car. Problem solved.

Woo Hoo

Double Header split

After another long night at the ballpark, we ended up pulling another double header split last night. We totally tanked the first game, had them 5-0 through about 5 innings and we completley fell apart in the top of the 7th and saw ourselves trailing 26-7. We did manage a nice little comeback to lose 26-19.

In the second game we took on last years A League undefeated Champions and beat them 26-11. The last time we played them was in the semi-finals a few years ago and trashed them then too. We did manage to pull off a controversial triple play to kill one of their rallies and then cam e back in and scored 12 runs in the same inning.

It was a very hot and humid night to be playing softball.

Double header #2 Tonight

Tonight my softball team has our second of three double headers for the year. Hopefully with a little bit of a lineup switch from last week the team really played together and we may have found our groove.

We'll see tonight.

Happy Fathers Day

Today is Father's Day as it is recognized around the world. It's a day like Mothers Day that is also a global holiday that has local roots. Where Mother's Day originated in Grafton, Father's Day originated in Fairmont.

Father's Day was rumored to have started due to a nearby mine explosion in Monongah, which kind of touches home with me because my father was a coal miner in Marion County until the day we lost him on July 20, 1999.

I would like to take this time and extend a very Happy Fathers Day greeting to all of those special men who have taken the special role of being a father.

Lazy day

it's been a pretty lazy day for me, I did do a good bit of running around but nothing really of note. Just tried to stay busy and productive.

I have been thinking today that it's time to maybe start seriously planning a new set of goals for the next couple of years. I really don't have a list, but I do have a few things running through my head that I would like to do.

I don't want to sit around waiting hoping Amy will come around, it's time for me to possibly move on in that portion of my life. I can't say a bad word about her, I do have a great deal of respect for her. It's just that we didn't see eye to eye as a couple on I guess a few things that were important to her. Me, I hate sitting around with nothing to do so I guess it's time to put myself back on the market.

I did see a real nice watch that I like, it's the Tissot T-Touch. It is a Swss Quartz watch and does have a hefty price tag. It's a pretty remarkable watch, but I don't know if I am ready to pay $700 for something that goes on my wrist. You never know though.

Not sure what I'm going to do this evening, I'm contemplating going to see a movie tonight.

T G I F

This was a pretty quick week, busy and productive, but also one that went by pretty quick. The weekend is now once again upon us and time to sit back and relax a little bit.

There is no movie being played tonight at the Waterfront, althought the series returns next friday night with a playing of Over the Hedge.

However tonight if you are looking for a little free entertainment the Mon River Big Band will be playing tonight at the Ampitheater starting at 7:00. It is going to be a part of the Arts on the River festival that will run tonight and tomorrow.

Stopped by to see Terri last night. She had a few computer questions and how to print her pictures. She's taking her printer out of storage and is hooking it up and wants to be able to print out some pictures. I think we have her rigged up until she gets the USB 2 chord she needs to connect the computer to the Printer.

Have a good weekend.


Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.--Pablo Picasso

Something New

I just got back from my walk, I wanted to beat the rain, and as I was walking sown by the Hazel Ruby McQuain Park on the river I noticed something that hadn't been there before. We now have a nice water fountain right behind the amphitheater.

I thought to myself "I wish I had my Camera", but then I remembered that my phone is also a Camera. So, on the day it was to my knowledge first run, I have a picture of the fountain working.

I didn't know of any previous plans for one, nor do I know if this will be the only one. However, I appreciate it and think it adds to the Morgantown culture a little bit.

On a side note I received my Credit Approval through JB Robinsons today. I think they were a little late in processing that. Oh well.